Ross Perot

“If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.”

“It's just that simple.”

“The giant sucking sound you hear is the sound of jobs going south.”

“The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.”

“Most new jobs are created by small businesses. So if you're a president, you've got to be a friend of small business.”

“Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.”

“If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?”

“Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.”

“Eagles don't flock. You have to find them one at a time.”

“War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.”

“Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.”

“Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.”

“Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.”

“Punish slackers, reward winners, and see how fast the team improves.”

“A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy is the sign of a weak country.”

“We've got to take out the trash and clean out the barn.”

“The world wants things done, not excuses. One thing done is better than a hundred things discussed.”